Archie Vinitsky Awards

Recognizing Individuals who worked in the Service of Ostomates

THE AWARD

The Archie Vinitsky Award is an Award presented to a person who has given the most outstanding voluntary service at international and/or regional level in support of the activities of the IOA. The Award is presented every three years at a Conference of an IOA Full Member association.

QUALIFICATIONS

The Award is essentially for services which have been given entirely voluntarily, but in the event of a potential recipient being professionally involved in a related capacity, a very clear distinction must be made by the proposer between their professional and voluntary activities. It is most likely that the qualifying period of any candidate will be over a number of preceding years. The Award will not be presented to current IOA Coordination Committee members or previous Award recipients.

1982 – Cristian Soop (France )
1983 – Albert Lyons ( USA )
1984 – Prof. Nils Koch (Sweden )
1985 – Maria Siegl (Canada)
1986 – Edwin Ward ( USA )
1987 – Gustavo Cajiao (Colombia )
1988 – Alan A. Meyer ( England)

From this date the award was passed in three years delivered at the opening of the World Congress Ostomized Patients

1991 – Abraham Lastnik ( USA )
1991 – Herman Meijer (Posthumously) (The Netherlands)
1994 – Candida Carvalheira ( Brazil )
2000 – Gerhard Englert ( Germany)
2004 – Ken Aukett ( USA )
2007 – John O Neill ( New Zealand )
2010 – Brenda Flanagan ( England )
2012 – Dielwen Bracken ( Canada )
2014 – Arne Holte ( Norway )
2017 – Barry Maughan ( New Zealand )

2023 – Ria Smeijers (The Netherlands)

            Dr. Harikesh Buch (India)

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Dr. Albert Lyons
USA
Prof. Nils Koch
Sweden
Maria Siegl
Maria Siegl
Canada
Candida Carvalheira
Brazil
Dr. Gerhard Englert
Germany
Ken Aukett
Ken Aukett
USA
John Oneill
John O'Neill
New Zealand
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Brenda Flanagan
England
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Dielwen Bracken
Canada
Arne Holte
Norway
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Barry Maughan
New Zealand
Ria Smeijers
The Netherlands
Dr. Harikesh Buch
India

There were no nominations forthcoming in the year 2020 due to the corona virus pandemic.